Presentation guidelines

Preparing your presentation for Optics + Photonics
Presenting from the podium at Optics + Photonics
Prepare poster PDF and video for Optics + Photonics

Important dates


Abstracts due 7 February 2024
Authors notified and program posts online 29 April 2024
Registration opens May 2024
Submission system opens for manuscripts and poster PDFs* 17 June 2024
Poster PDFs due for spie.org preview and publication 24 July 2024
Manuscripts due 31 July 2024
Advance upload deadline for oral presentation slides** 16 August 2024

*Contact author or speaker must register prior to uploading
**After this date slides must be uploaded onsite at Speaker Check-In

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